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Aberdeen Theatres: Albion Street Theatre
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Aberdeen Theatres: Albion Street Theatre
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Albion Street was also known as the Bool Road because it led to the bowling green. It led to the Links from the foot of Justice Street. On the right of this drawing is the "penny rattler", a street theatre which gave the area a bad reputation. The theatre was well attended but attracted criticism for poor performances and attendant violence and drunkeness. A mission chapel replaced the street theatre in 1848 and later became Albion Street Congregational Church. This whole area was cleared for the development of the Beach Boulevard much later in the mid-20th century.
Albion Street was also known as the Bool Road because it led to the bowling green. It led to the Links from the foot of Justice Street. On the right of this drawing is the "penny rattler", a street theatre which gave the area a bad reputation.
The theatre was well attended but attracted criticism for poor performances and attendant violence and drunkeness.
A mission chapel replaced the street theatre in 1848 and later became Albion Street Congregational Church.
This whole area was cleared for the development of the Beach Boulevard much later in the mid-20th century.
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Albion Street
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Aberdeen Local Studies
Aberdeen Local Studies
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